Millions of

people from
virtually every
country of the
world celebrate
the holiday season
during the Winter
Solstice, and this
has been true even
before Christmas
as we now know it
existed.
The celebration of the
Christmas holiday in
Great Britain is not
unlike Western
Christmas
celebrations. People in
Britain prepare for the
Christmas holiday
throughout the entire
month of December,
making puddings,
baking pies, and
decorating their homes
and Christmas trees.
A traditional Their traditional Christmas feast is
Christmas very similar to that in the United
States; the turkey is the most central
dinner in Great part of the dinner, along with
Britain takes cranberry sauce, green beans,
place in the late potatoes, stuffing, and numerous
afternoon or other food items. For dessert,
traditionally families eat mince pies,
early fruit cake, or the famous Christmas
evening. The pudding.
table is festively
decorated with
candles and
other Christmas
items, and a
great feast is
placed before
the family.
 A traditional Christmas
dinner includes roast
turkey, brussels sprouts,
roast potatoes, cranberry
sauce, rich nutty stuffing,
tiny sausages wrapped in
Roast turkey bacon and lashings of hot
gravy. For pudding
(dessert) there's always a
rich, fruity pudding which
you douse in flaming
Parsnips and brandy – said to ward off
Swede
Stuffing evil spirits.

Brussels
Sprouts and
chestnuts
AA Turkey Tradition
Christmas tradition
involving the turkey
is to pull its
wishbone. This is
one of the bones of
the turkey which is
shaped like the letter
'Y'. Two people will
each hold an end and
pull. The person left
with the larger piece
of the bone makes a
wish.
The Christmas Pudding (dessert)
Christmas pudding is a brown pudding with raisins, nuts
and cherries. It is similar to fruitcake similar, except that
pudding is steamed and fruitcake is baked.
Christmas pudding is served with custard or brandy sauce.
Brandy is often poured over the pudding, which is then set
a light as it is carried to the table. The lights are turned off
so people can see the flames.
Traditionally silver coins were hidden in it. A silver coin
brought good fortune to whomever was lucky enough to
find it when the pudding was cut.
History of the Christmas Pudding
The Christmas pudding known today began life as
Christmas porridge called Frumenty, a dish made of
wheat or corn boiled up in milk. As time went on,
other ingredients, such as dried plums or prunes, eggs,
and lumps of meat were added to make it more
interesting. When cooked, it was poured into a dish.
This pudding was called Plum Pudding. The name
'Plum Pudding' continued to be used even when
people used raisins, currants, and sultanas instead of
prunes.
The traditional time for making a Christmas
pudding is on 'Stir Up Sunday ' at the
beginning of advent. A proper Christmas
pudding is always stirred from East to West in
honour of the three Wise Men and traditionally
made with 13 ingredients to represent Christ
and His Disciples. Every member of the family
must give the pudding a stir and make a secret
wish.
Christmas Crackers
Traditionally a Christmas cracker is placed next to each
plate on the Christmas dinner table. When the crackers are
pulled, out falls a colourful party crown, a toy or gift and a
festive joke.
Did you know?
 Henry VIII was the first person to eat turkey on
Christmas Day.
 Around 10 million turkeys are consumed in the UK
each year.
 For 87% of people in the UK, Christmas wouldn't be
Christmas without a traditional roast turkey
DID YOU KNOW?
 One notable medieval English Christmas celebration
featured a giant, 165-pound pie. The giant pie was nine
feet in diameter. Its ingredients included 2 bushels of
flour, 20 pounds of butter, 4 geese, 2 rabbits, 4 wild
ducks, 2 woodcocks, 6 snipes, 4 partridges, 2 neats'
tongues, 2 curlews, 6 pigeons and 7 blackbirds.
Drăgan Mădălina
Andreea

Gâtlan Ioana
Teodora